Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Paramount Global Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$531M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,395
Participants Near avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$380,963
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Viacom Pension Plan · Sponsored by Paramount Global · New York · Information & Media

$531M in assets, 1,395 participants

Paramount Global's Viacom Pension Plan reported $531M in total assets and 1,395 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,689 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Viacom Pension Plan sits by assets

Viacom Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $531M for 1,395 participants (~$380,963/participant), up 0.3% in 2024.

#2,689
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+0.3%
assets growth YoY
5.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Viacom Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Viacom Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$531,442,797 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Viacom Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Viacom Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,395 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Viacom Pension Plan reported net income fell from $39M in the plan year 2023 filing to $599K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Viacom Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,511 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,395 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Viacom Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $530M in the plan year 2023 filing to $531M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 042949533 · Paramount Global PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Viacom Pension Plan · $531M · 1,395 · 97th

  • EOY $531M
  • 5500 1,395
  • ASSETS 97th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Baptist Health System Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #2689

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Viacom Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Viacom Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$530M
Net Assets (End of Year)$529M
Net Income$599K
Employer EIN042949533
Plan Effective Date2006-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Paramount Global)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Paramount Global plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8.8B 13.343762276807889% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7.5B$8B$8.5B$9B 202220232024 $7.79B $8.83B ▲ +13.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 23,237 $7.8B
2023 5 21,686 $8.6B
2024 5 20,098 $8.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Viacom Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Viacom Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.531442797 · Participants: 1395Viacom Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Viacom Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Viacom Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Viacom Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Baptist Health System Retirement Plan in FL ($531M); by covered participants it is The Christ Hospital Pension Plan in OH (1,396 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,395 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Viacom Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Viacom Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.3% during 2024, from $530M to $531M. Reported net income was $599K.
How have Paramount Global plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Paramount Global's sponsor-wide assets grew 13.3%, from $7.8B to $8.8B.
Where does Viacom Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Viacom Pension Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Viacom Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Baptist Health System Retirement Plan in FL ($531M, 813 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Viacom Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Christ Hospital Pension Plan in OH (1,396 participants, $281M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042949533.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.